Problem is that most of the mods that Saleen made to the Model S on the performance side don’t come as standard in the FourSixteen.

For example, to get the upgraded final drive and locking differential, those add $12,400 to the $152,000 base MSRP. The coil-over suspension adds $6,000 and those trick carbon-ceramic rotors with upgraded calipers and pads will set you back a cool $14,550.

Was hoping for drive-train mods – a super cooling or summat.. seems hard to reconcile with super-performance if the natural limits still remain – why do I need F1 brakes for a car that tops at 120-ish and doesn’t like to keep doing it long enough to abuse the brakes it has? Cooling, it needs.. hello?

Great car to ‘soup up’ but seems they shied away from their near re-invent of the Mustang that made them famous.